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Global PC Shipments See Record YoY Decline in Q4 2022

Global PC shipments fell 27.8% YoY in Q4 2022 to reach 65.2 million units. For the full year of 2022, the shipments declined 15% YoY. Macroeconomic…

Counterpoint Research - Q3 Global PC PR

Global PC Shipments’ Double-digit Crash in Q3

Taipei, London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Seoul – October 25, 2022 Global PC shipments fell 15.5% YoY in Q3 2022 to reach 71.1…

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IFA 2022 Focuses on Enhanced User Experience in Consumer IoT Products

This year’s edition of Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA), Europe’s biggest consumer electronics show, showcased some interesting product…

Counterpoint Research - Q2 global PC shipment PR

Global PC Shipments in Q2 2022 See Largest YoY Decline Since Q2 2013

Taipei, London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Seoul – July 27, 2022 Global PC shipments fell 11.1% YoY in Q2 2022 to reach 71.2…

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Global PC Shipments Down 4.3% YoY in Q1 2022; Component Shortages Likely to Ease in H2

Taipei, London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Seoul – April 28, 2022 Global PC shipments fell 4.3% YoY in Q1 2022 to reach 78.7…

Counterpoint Research - Q4 Global PC shipment

Global PC Shipments up 3.1% YoY in Q4 2021; Component Supply Improving

London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul – January 20, 2022 Global PC shipments reached 90.3 million in Q4 2021 to…

CES 2022: TP-Link, Netgear, Asus Drive Wi-Fi 6E Momentum

Despite several larger OEMs and Internet Service Providers pulling back from physically attending, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) saw some…

Counterpoint Research - Q4 2021 Global PC shipments

Global PC Shipments Grow for Sixth Consecutive Quarter; Chromebook in Slow Lane

London, Hong Kong, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul – October 18, 2021 Global PC shipments marked their sixth consecutive YoY…

Counterpoint Research - Global PC Shipments up 45% YoY in Q1 2021; Chip Shortage Impact to Continue in H2 2021

Global PC Shipments up 45% YoY in Q1 2021; Chip Shortage Impact to Continue in H2 2021

Global PC shipments grew 45% YoY in Q1 2021 on solid demand and a low base in the same period in 2020 due to COVID-19. Shortages of key IC…

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First Impressions: Asus ROG Phone 5 Brings Promising Upgrade, But Competition Gets Fierce

The Asus ROG Phone 5 is powered by the latest 5nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. It is one of the first smartphones to feature up to 18GB of RAM. The…

Global Demand for Laptops gets Pandemic Push

Global Demand for Laptops Gets Pandemic Push

The surge in work-from-home and study-from-home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has meant good news for the laptop market. Counterpoint expects that the…

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Podcast: Gaming Smartphones are More Than Just Flagships

Mobile gaming has come a long way over the past two decades. From popular Snake game on Nokia phones with a monochrome display to 2D games on color…

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Asus ROG Phone 3 Review: Gold Standard for Gaming Smartphones

The ROG Phone 3 flaunts an AMOLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate. It is armed with a 6,000mAh battery with 30W fast-charging support. The…

Market Share of Top Five Smartphone OEMs in Indonesia Reached Highest-Ever Level During Q1 2019

The Indonesian smartphone market is increasingly concentrated at the top with the market share of the top five smartphone OEMs reaching the…

CES 2017-Day 1: highlights

Alexa is stealing the show Amazon’s Alexa is everywhere at CES 2017: China’s Huawei has added Alexa to its flagship Mate 9 smartphone; LG has put…

Intel at IFA – evolving computing but quiet on smartphones

Intel held a characteristically demo-rich press conference at IFA on September 2nd. Intel formally announced the sixth generation of its Core series…

Infographic: The Q2 Handset/Smartphone Market in One Page

Below is one of the infographics we update quarterly to summarize the events each quarter for the handset and smartphone market. The data comes from…